Freedom of Information Act 2000 Request

Total number of spam/malicious emails the CPS has received in 2018 and 2019

Request

Total number spam/malicious emails blocked by your organisation over the last 2 calendar years (2019 and 2018) broken down by year.

Please could you also provide a category for the malicious emails e.g. 2,300 phishing emails, 5,000 spam/junk emails, 3,400 anti-virus blocks.

Response

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) IT infrastructure is protected by a variety of automated technical security measures. These security measures are deployed to defend against the emails described.

Due to the automated measures in place, we do not hold recorded data relating to the categories of the emails at such a specific level to be able to answer your request.

Information Management Unit 020 3357 0788 IMU@cps.gov.uk